-The Next Morning-

"Sss... ow" I winced from the pain. I got up and did my normal morning routine. Then I hurried off to school.

"Hey Sakura wait up!" Ayame called from behind. I don't stop though because I don't want her to see the marks. But, since I was sore she soon caught up.

"Sakura I hope I didn't -

*Gasp* "What happened to your face?!" she exclaimed.

"It's nothing Ayame" I turned my face.

"Sakura are you okay?" she asked concerned.

"I'm fine!" I yelled as I ran off.

After that I tried my hardest to avoid her during the day. Everything was going fine until P.E. We were running for the day and I knew my body was at its limits. But, I ignored it and as a result I collapsed.

"Sakura!" I hear everyone yell.

"Give her room, she's not breathing call an ambulance!" I heard the teacher scream before I blacked out. When I came to I was in the hospital.

Sfx: machine beeps

"Hm?" I was still groggy. I looked around the room and saw my father in the corner. My throat swelled up because I knew I was going to be in trouble when I got home. He looked over at me and walked over. I winced, I was expecting him to hit me but instead he whispered in my ear "sorry" and walked away. I sat there in complete shock.

"Did I hear him right? Did he actually apologize?" I wondered to myself.

It wasn't long before Ayame came to visit me in the hospital along with Karou.

"Hi you guys" I said cheerfully as they entered.

"Hi Sakura how ya doin?" Karou asked in a serious voice.

"I'm fine Karou" I smile.

"How can you sit there and smile like that when you're so badly injured?" he asked.

"It's not as bad as it looks Karou" I lied. The truth was I was in a world of pain. It even hurt to talk and smile.

"Don't lie to me Sakura!" he yelled.

"Karou I'm not-

"Yes you are, just look at you you're shaking even as you smile!" he yelled. I had made him mad.

"Karou really I-I'm fine" I smiled while I lied to him again.

"Why?" Ayame finally responded. She had kept her head down but I could see a few tears fall to the floor.

"Why won't you tell us the truth about how much pain your in and how life at home sucks and everything else?!" She yelled. Now I had made her upset also. I laid there trying to think of something to say.

"Sakura don't you know that we love you?" Ayame said teary eyed. I gasped as she said this. Love was a word I had forgotten. A word I hadn't heard in years.

"Love?" I say in confusion.

"Yes we both love you so much that it hurts us to see you like this!" Karou said blushing. (He doesn't like mushy stuff XD)

Before I know it, I'm crying. I couldn't stop my tears from falling.

"Ah Sakura we didn't mean to make you cry, please don't cry!" Ayame exclaimed.

"No it's alright. These are happy tears, I am so happy to hear that I am loved by someone" I replied sobbing.

"Aw Sakura" Ayame said as she hugged me.

They stayed for two hours before going home. During that time we laughed and talk about old times. Those short two years we had together and how they were the best of our lives and how our lives were never the same after. After they left I fell asleep and dreamed about my life before I lived with my father.